S. C. Gwynne
S. C. Gwynne | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Genres | non-fiction |
| Notable awards | Gerald Loeb Award 1992 |
S. C. Gwynne is an American nonfiction writer.[1]
Life
He was educated at The Hill School.[2] He attended Princeton University and graduated in 1974.[3] He also has a master's degree in writing from Johns Hopkins University, where he studied under novelist John Barth[4] He served as a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve.
He worked for Time magazine, and is senior editor at Texas Monthly.[5][6] He lives in Austin, Texas. His 2010 book Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the General Nonfiction category.
Works
- Selling Money, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, A Division of Wheatland Corporation, 1986, ISBN 9781555840051.
- Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, Little, Brown Book Group, 2011, ISBN 9781849018203.[7]
- Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson. Simon and Schuster. 30 September 2014. ISBN 978-1-4516-7328-9.[8]
Awards
- 1992 Gerald Loeb Award for Magazines for a series of articles on the BCCI scandal[9]
References
- ^ "Finalist: Empire of the Summer Moon". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
- ^ "LIFE". 1951-10-29.
- ^ https://paw.princeton.edu/article/tiger-week-author-sc-gwynne-%E2%80%9974
- ^ http://www.scgwynne.com/bio/
- ^ http://www.texasmonthly.com/contributor/sc-gwynne
- ^ http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/qa-s-c-gwynne
- ^ Dale L. Walker (30 May 2010). "Book review, 'Empire of the Summer Moon,' by S.C. Gwynne". Dallas Morning News.
Empire of the Summer Moon is a skillfully told, brutally truthful, history.
- ^ Allen C. Guelzo (September 26, 2014). "Book Review: 'Rebel Yell' by S.C. Gwynne". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Papiernik, Dick (June 1992). "Editors on the move in Philadelphia, Florida; award winners announced" (PDF). The Business Journalist. Vol. 31, no. 1. Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing. pp. 3–4. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
External links
| External audio | |
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 Comanche Nation: The Rise And Fall Of An 'Empire', Fresh Air, June 23, 2010 |